8.28am: Season 4 of the hugely popular Game of Thrones kicks off tonight on Showtime. But you won't be able to watch it through providers like Quickflix and Apple's iTunes due to an exclusive deal between Foxtel and HBO. Other providers can't offer any episodes of Season 4 until Foxtel has finished screening the entire series.

7.48am: Helensburgh-Stanwell Park surf club's Open Women's surfboat team won silver in the Australian Championships. Congratulations!

7.45am: Despite his team getting caned in the penalty count, and on the scoreboard, Dragons coach Steve Price found something to joke about on Saturday night. Find out what it was - and check out our gallery - here.

7.41am: Fancy yourself as a Shakespearean actor? Well you might want to head down to the the Phoenix Theatre in Coniston at 7.30 tonight. They're holding auditions for a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

7.38am: Sometimes being a wildlife photographer can be a risky business.

7.25am: Yvonne Downes is launching a book about her great grandfather William Beach, the Illawarra's first world champion.

7.23am: A toaster for the Star Wars geek in your life. "I am your breakfast, Luke".

7.16am: That truck breakdown at Peakhurst I mentioned earlier in the morning? Well, it's been taken care of - the road is clear. Well as clear as it can be in morning peak hour traffic.

7.15am: Three Chimneys up behind the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, has become a real hot spot since it opened earlier this year. But they're going to be closed for a week for a bit of an upgrade.

7.10am: Today's Sydney Morning Herald story about WestConnex Motorway tolls staying for 50 years are incorrect, according to a statement from Acting Roads Minister Gladys Berejiklian. "The story in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning on the M5 West is wrong," she said. "No decision has been made in relation to the M5 West toll."

7.06am: Just in time for the school holidays, the government has announced Opal concession cards for children are now available. However, they can't be used for free school travel - those are due to be issued later this year.

6.32am: In rugby league, the West Tigers strong win over Manly yesterday is yet another example of this unpredictable season.

It's so hard to pick a winner in a tipping comp this season. With only the Monday night game to go in this round I've picked just one winner (though one guy in the comp is sitting on 6/7 - don't know how he managed that.

I reckon I might just pick the winners at random next week. Could hardly do any worse.

6.28am: Here's the national news, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald

* Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has blasted as an "atrocity" a draft masterplan for the Royal Botanic Gardens and The Domain

* South-west Sydney motorists will be hit with tolls for almost 50 years under plans to pay for the WestConnex motorway through Sydney’s inner west

* The NSW Police Force has been branded a serial offender for workplace safety breaches.

* Changes to the Racial Discrimination Act proposed by Attorney-General George Brandis would "open the door to Holocaust deniers", allowing them to publish their claims with impunity, legal advice to Barry O’Farrell says.

*Bill Shorten has declared that a raft of painful party reforms are just the start of a campaign to modernise Labor after its support reached a nadir in the WA Senate election.

* Wollongong City Council set to approve construction for the next stage of the Shone Avenue upgrade which will improve access to the West Dapto area.

* The developer who wants to build a factory oulet at Kembla Grange isn't pleased with Wollongong City Council officers, who have recommended against the proposal.

6.10am: According to the Bureau of Meteorology, we can expect a bit of a dreary day today. The BOM is predicting a cloudy day with showers here and there for the morning and some wind about. Maximum temperature? Well, that's just 23 degrees.

6.07am: As far as traffic goes, it's looking like a pretty decent run up the road to Sydney. But there are a few minor issues around the traps. If you're out Kangaroo Valley way there are reports of a fallen tree on Moss Vale Road.

And if the trip to work takes you through Peakhurst, there is a truck broken down on Forest Road, near Boundary Road. It's blocked a lane of traffic but hopefully they'll get it cleared away soon.

6.03am: TrainLink is reporting that there is good service on the South Coast line this morning.

6am Good morning, I'm Glen Humphries and I'm filling in as host of Morning Rush today for Emma. Hope you set your clocks back yesterday, otherwise you might find yourself rocking up to work an hour early this morning.